PolarTREC Updates

Membership to ARCUS

NEW! ARCUS has new membership categories including individual membership! ARCUS members participate in a leading community promoting discovery and understanding of the Arctic. Our members are the core of our network, and their support enables us to continue providing quality programs and outreach. Come join us today and make a difference!

Michelle Heading to Antarctica!

Michelle Brown tries her hand at using the GPS unit to locate a sediment site. McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

PolarTREC alumni teacher Michelle Brown is headed to Antarctica this season to study the Human Impacts in Antarctica. She will be based at McMurdo Station with her research team. Follow her journals and share comments and questions with the team!

Upcoming Webinar - Celebrate Antarctica Day!

Date: 1 December 2015
Time: 10am Alaska Daylight Time
[11am PST, 12pm MST, 1pm CST, 2pm EST]
Join us for a 1 hour webinar with PolarTREC teacher Michelle Brown and the Human Impacts in Antarctica 2015 expedition. Michelle and her team will be on the ice, at McMurdo Station, sharing their research project with the webinar audience. We welcome the public and classrooms to participate! It is free and easy to register and participate!

New PEI Master Class for Teachers & Researchers

Polar Educators International

Polar Educators International (PEI), a vibrant network promoting polar education and research to a global community, is pleased to announce the fourth in the Master Class Series targeting a dual audience:

  • Educators seeking cutting-edge professional development on the latest science discoveries
  • Researchers interested in learning proven strategies for communicating scientific concepts in a clear and meaningful way to non-technical audiences

What will happen to penguins and other Antarctic animals: Evidence of climate change in Antarctica from a marine perspective, features leading researcher, Dr. Jose Xavier, and polar educator, Patricia Azinhaga.

Webinar date/time: Monday, 26 October, 2015 at 2100 GMT/UTC
Registrations are due by 21 October 2015

NOTE: if you are unable to take part in the live webinar, you can still take part in the Master Class by watching the archived version which will be posted on the PEI website discussion group after 27, October 2015—registration is required. Online discussion forum will follow the web seminar: 28 October-4November, 2015

Cost: Free to all participants but membership in PEI is required for participation in Master Class activities.

New PolarTREC Alumni Highlight Video

Betsy Wilkening

Watch PolarTREC teacher Betsy Wilkening explain how her students now connect their actions and environment in Arizona with the impacts and effects in the Polar Regions. Due to her PolarTREC experience, Mrs. Wilkening has become a ‘global teacher’ teaching global issues. “It is all worth it” when students are inspired by her science classes and pursuing science and engineering careers.

New Alumni Highlight Video

Carol at Lab

PolarTREC alumni teacher Carol Scott discusses her Arctic Wetland Dynamics expedition at the Kevo Research Station, Finland, and how it impacted her personally and professionally. Her work with an early career researcher at Kevo exemplifies the 'incredible way to reach a teacher and get your science out there’ to students and classrooms.

New Alumni Highlight Video

PolarTREC teacher Michael League

PolarTREC teacher Michael League participated in the Adaptations of Marine Worms in Antarctica expedition in 2011. In this new alumni highlight video, Michael discusses the benefits of the expedition and the impact the program has had on his teaching.

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Hey Susan- I have my video of icebreaking sounds (and seismometer readouts) uploaded & ready to view: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1TWzIAWYU&feature=youtu.be Let me know what you &/...
Hi Lisa! Thanks for following and sending penguins! Yes--our team will be posting journals to this PolarTREC page. I'll be linking to the PolarTREC site from facebook and other social media for...
Hi Michelle! Students are finishing up their penguins today! We're very excited to follow you research, and hope you and Justin are able to get together at McMurdo. Hey we were wondering, will you...

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